Book Reviews & Giveaway - Ravens
Author: George Dawes Green
“Common Ravens have been observed to manipulate others into doing work for them, such as by calling wolves and coyotes to the site of dead animals. The canines open the carcass, making it more accessible to the birds.They watch where other Common Ravens bury their food and remember the locations of each other's food caches, so they can steal from them." From Wikipedia online
Ravens
Shaw McBride, the proverbial Raven, has manipulated his compassionate and compliant friend Romeo Zerdko to be the “hit man” while he mesmerizes the family and the town. This psychological thriller allows us to watch the family form a love-hate relationship with their captors, while the town considers Shaw a new god, called Father Shaw, (reminiscent of The Raven) capable of miracles and come to save them. The question becomes, is it only Shaw and Romeo who are the Ravens, or is the entire town as well as the family in thrall to Shaw's manipulations, part of the flock?
The bedrock of the family, however, remains teenage Tara, who along with a town outcast, a demoted old city cop, take control of the situation in the peculiar but inevitable ending.
I loved the metaphor of the title and the way Green himself manipulates the reader as the final "Raven" of the novel!
Rating is based on a 5-star scale.
Plot: 3
Characters: 3
Presentation: 3
Overall: 3
Note: GREAT summer read for adults and teens alike.
Review by the "A" Broad - Ava
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